‘It gives a lot of people pause:’ MSCS board responds to conflict of interest concern
Memphis-Shelby County Schoold board member Keith Williams (right) serves on both the board and as head of the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association, one of the district’s two teacher unions. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
MSCS board members sound off on Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti’s opinion suggesting Keith Williams may have a conflict of interest serving both on the district board and as head of one of its two teacher unions.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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